Treatment of Biceps Muscle Tear with Coleman Fat Grafting

Most often, people tear their biceps from a traumatic fall, during heavy weightlifting, or during sporting activities. Long-term impairment can include a significant decrease in strength when flexing the shoulder and elbow. It can also influence grip strength and certain movements of the forearm. Dr. Sydney Coleman has been treating biceps muscle tears for twenty years. Treatment with Coleman fat grafting not only restores the form of a biceps but also can help restore some strength.

The above patient experienced a right biceps tear four years ago. He was curling a free-weight when he had a pain in his biceps and noticed “bubbling” of his biceps. He had no treatment of the tear, and it gradually atrophied to leave a deformity (left photo above). One year after the second placement of structural fat into the biceps (right photo above and below), the patient returns delighted not only because of the normal appearance, but also because he feels that his strength has returned to the involved biceps.

The return of strength to the biceps is a remarkable phenomenon that is probably related to the repair possible with grafted fat. This is an area of regenerative medicine deserving the utmost attention and research. Dr. Coleman has also used Coleman fat grafts in pectoralis muscles, forearms, calves, and thighs.

–Written by the Staff at TriBeCa Plastic Surgery

For more information please refer to earlier posts:

Male Chest Pectoral Muscle Enhancement with Fat Grafting

Size of the Forearms Enhanced by Coleman Fat Grafting

Male Buttock Augmentation with Coleman Fat Grafts

Dr. Sydney Coleman Introduces Improvements to Fat Grafting

Sydney Coleman Interviewed for Stem Cell Facelift Using Structural Fat Grafting

The treatment of face and neck scars with structural fat grafting

Reconstruction of legs, thighs, buttocks, arms and forearms with Coleman Fat Grafting

Injuries, birth defects and even surgeries can leave scars, depressions and significant deformities to the fat, skin and muscles of the legs, thighs, buttocks, arms and forearms. The type of fat grafting pioneered by Dr. Sydney Coleman is a new tool that is being used more and more by plastic surgeons for reconstruction of the limbs. Fat grafts can be used in the treatment of not only volume deficiencies, but also scars and even functional muscle problems.

Coleman Fat Grafting used to correct depressed scar on thigh

Obviously, simple depressed scars and volume deficiencies can often be treated with structural fat grafting, with not only an improvement of the missing volume, but also an improvement in the surface scar. Even more complex injuries resulting in missing muscle or fat from major accidents or injuries can be treated with fat grafting. Examples of devastating injuries which can be treated with fat are motor vehicle accidents or even attacks from dogs or other animals. Traditional surgical correction of such injuries can be amazingly complex, sometimes resulting in even deeper scars, re-positioned muscles and new deformities. A prime example of such an elaborate reconstruction was recently performed by Dr. Sydney Coleman in New York City on a dog attack victim.

One of potentially important reasons for using fat grafts in such wounds is the stem cell and growth factors present in fat grafts. Not only can the structural fat replace the missing fullness, but also there may be a component of accelerated healing mediated by fatty tissue.

More examples of correction of limb deformities using Dr. Coleman’s specific technique can be found at www.lipostructure.com.